Like fashion
and have a passion for helping and promoting an important cause? Then you can’t
miss this year’s Go Red for Women Fashion Show. Everyone knows the American
Heart Association, but not as many know about the Go Red campaign. This
component of the AHA focuses on promoting heart health and lifestyle changes in
women.
I started as
a volunteer with Go Red a little over a year ago. My grandmother has suffered
from heart problems for quite a few years. Thankfully, she’s been in pretty
good shape heart-wise—woo
hoo. But because of her, this campaign has become such a strong passion of
mine.
Go Red has
many fundraisers throughout the year, however my focus is the fashion show. Last
year we had almost 500 people attend our “Picture Perfect Health” show at the
Wyndham Grand in downtown Pittsburgh, and this year we are expecting even more
at our “Driven to be Heart Healthy” show than last year! It’s really pretty
awesome. The clothes are from Macy’s and all of our models have a relation to either some sort of heart disease or they've made a healthy lifestyle change. We
have an amazing “Chinese” auction and a live auction for some of our larger
items, PLUS there are a ton of cool local vendors who come and sell their
stuff.
My mom,
grandma and aunt came last year and we had so much fun. It’s so inspiring to
see the models up there and hear their story. So walk, drive, pedal or swim—whatever, just get there!
PS: Here's the post of the Plum Advance Leader article on us volunteers from Plum!
PS: Here's the post of the Plum Advance Leader article on us volunteers from Plum!
Very nice post...love red.:-)
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Great post Katie! I love working with you on the committee!
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